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ECOM secures US$230M from IFC for its activities in West Africa
05 Feb 2025 03:20 GMT
Côte d’Ivoire/Ghana – Agricultural commodities trader ECOM Agro-Industrial has secured US$230 million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support its cocoa trading operations in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
As reported by AGRO, …
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Bold Designs, Green Futures: Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 Highlights African Innovation in Regenerative Fashion
05 Feb 2025 09:17 GMT
… at the event. “Africa and Africans have been known … Senegalese cotton, raw cotton from Benin as well as various West African … craftspeople to produce garments that reflect the … ethical production. Additionally, NFW introduced the Fashion Frontier Africa (FFA …
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Benin: An African Pioneer
05 Feb 2025 01:50 GMT
Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & … support consistently exceeding expectations. Moreover, Benin was among the first countries … to the local transformation of agricultural products including cotton, cashews, and soybeans—plays …
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Ghana to host SL Investment Forum
05 Feb 2025 01:06 GMT
… the West African region and especially Ghana has … Fabri Metal, Sri Ghana Farms, REB MECH, … cotton, cotton and cotton blend fabrics from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Togo … would be rubber products, coconut products, coconut fiber …
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International Aid Isn’t Just a Recipe for Grift and Waste; It Also Destroys the Economies of Poor Nations
06 Feb 2025 15:48 GMT
… + organizations in Serbia, Africa and the Caribbean; a … poverty industry,” including Haiti, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Bolivia, … that encouraged Haitian farmers to abandon agriculture and move into … America has destroyed the cotton farms and the textile industry …
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Beninese government and farmers seeking home-grown cotton ‘revolution’
01 Feb 2025 16:33 GMT
… and other farmers in the west African country have benefited … for Integrated Cotton Production in Africa.
Mali is set to produce 569, … we need to process agricultural products,” said Letondji Beheton, … percent of the cotton produced in Benin and export the …
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Benin seeks home-grown cotton 'revolution'
01 Feb 2025 06:57 GMT
… and other farmers in the West African country have … Integrated Cotton Production in Africa.
Mali meanwhile is set to produce 569, … need to process agricultural products," said Letondji Beheton … percent of the cotton produced in Benin and export the …
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‘Seeds’ Review: Nine Years in the Making, a Film as Patient and Persevering as the Black Farmers It Documents
01 Feb 2025 07:32 GMT
… for African American farmers, the land — holding onto it, cultivating it … Carlie, who makes “Seeds” especially touching.
The octogenarian … pointed and poignant. (Malika Zouhali-Worrall edited.) We … movie inhales. A cotton harvester lumbers toward the camera …
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Plagued By Extreme Poverty, This African Country Aims To Become A “Military Powerhouse” With Russian Help; Will It Work?
31 Jan 2025 13:29 GMT
… the heart of West Africa, Mali stands at a critical … cotton, lithium mining, and industrial gold production, nearly 20% of Mali … the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted … further expansion into other African nations, intensifying Russia’s …
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'Made in Senegal' vogue hemmed in by textiles slump
06 Feb 2025 10:49 GMT
… for fierce competition.
Production costs in the west African country are high, … 2017.
Senegal is a cotton producer and was once known as … said.
Senegal is a cotton producer and was once known as … .
"Senegal produces very good quality cotton but is unable …